RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION IN THE WORKPLACE: A CLARIFICATION FOR EMPLOYERS
When Kim Davis, an elected clerk in Rowan County, Ky., refused to sign a gay couple’s marriage license in August, she may well have known the move would be provocative. What she couldn’t predict [...]
WHY YOUR COMPANY NEEDS AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ‘PRE-NUP’
Fall is a season of new beginnings. Students go back to school and businesses recruit new talent to help them enact bold plans for the year. Because it is a time when exciting new employment [...]
THE ASHLEY MADISON LEAK – PART TWO OF TWO: OFF-DUTY CONDUCT
For employers across Canada, the recent data leak of client information taken from the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison has initiated widespread discussions about workplace confidentiality [...]
THE ASHLEY MADISON LEAK – PART ONE OF TWO: BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY
As you have undoubtedly heard, the confidential user data of extramarital dating site Ashley Madison was recently leaked. The data leak, which included users’ personal emails and credit card [...]
EMPLOYEES RECEIVING PAY IN LIEU OF NOTICE NOT NECESSARILY ENTITLED TO BONUS PAYOUT
As many employers know, if one’s employment is terminated without cause and the employee is provided pay in lieu of reasonable notice, the employee is nonetheless entitled to his or her entire [...]
EMPLOYERS: BE CAREFUL WHEN CONTRACTING WORK FROM TEMPORARY HELP AGENCIES
Earlier this year, Ontario’s Ministry of Labour (the “Ministry”) conducted an enforcement blitz of temporary help agencies (“Agencies”). When conducting enforcement blitzes, the Ministry inspects [...]
FUTURE TRENDS IN ONTARIO’S WORKPLACES: THE ‘CHANGING WORKPLACES REVIEW’
In February 2015 the Ontario Ministry of Labour appointed C. Michael Mitchell, formerly of Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP, and the Honourable John C. Murray, a former Ontario Superior Court Justice, [...]